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(^^HE busy, bustling City of Fall River is 
the embodiment of the sagacity, energy, 
and successful industry of her own peo- 
^ pie. No city or town engaged in similar 
pursuits has greater cause for satisfaction, or 
can refer to stronger reasons for the exercise of 
a just pride in the achievements of her own cit- 
izens. Most of the large manufacturing towns 
of New England are the representation of the 
surplus capital of the older commercial cities. 
Fall River is the outgrowth of home industry 
and good management, which, under the bless- 
ings of a benign Providence, have given her a 
foremost rank in manufacturing cities, and a 
continued success rarely enjoyed by those en- 
gaged in manufacturing or commercial pursuits. 
Her citizens have at various times met with re- 



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verses, in the way of conflagrations and strikes, 
but upon recovering from them, increased pros- 
perity has been the result ; and whether in man- 
ufacturing or other business, the immense capi- 
tal which is wielded here is strictly within the 
hands of her own citizens. 

The words or motto of her corporate seal 
*' We'll Try," have thus received a most signifi- 
cant and practical exposition, and, to-day, the 
swiftly developing interests of Fall River repre- 
sent a productive force, at least double that of 
any other New England city, engaged in the 
same class of pursuits. Business is managed 
with. a thrift and exactness seldom attained ; but 
thrift and exactness are not allowed to degener- 
ate into littleness, nor are preconceived opin- 
ions held with a tenacity which amounts to stub- 
bornness. Ifcr manufacturers are conscious 
that the world advances, and desire to advance 
with it, adopting those suggestions which are 
reasoiiable, keeping fully up to the demands of 
educated labor, desirous of promoting the inter- 
ests of their employees in wages, hours of labor, 
and mental and physical requisites, and making 
them feel that the interests of employ-er and em- 
ployed are one and inseparable. 

Fall River is a city and port of entry of Bris- 



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tol Co., Massachusetts, and is pleasantly situat- 
ed on a rather abrupt elevation of land, rising at 
the head of Mt. Hope Bay, an arm of Narra- 
gansett Bay. It comprises an area of about 
thirty-six and a half square miles, and about 23,- 
330 acres including both land and water. It is 
eminently a manufacturing place, but is special- 
ly noted for its Cotton Manufactories ; while its 
favorable position as regards railway and steam- 
boat communications, its improvements in com- 
mercial and mechanical industry, and its recent 
almost unparalleled increase in population and 
wealth have given it a name and importance, 
second to none in the Commonwealth. 

In the union of hydraulic power and naviga- 
ble waters, it is probably without a parallel up- 
on the American Continent. Its hydraulic pow- 
er is derived from a small stream — Fall River 
—whence the name of the city, which has its 
source, or is in reality the outflow of a chain of 
ponds lying two miles east of the Bay, covering 
an area of some 5,000 acres, and having a length 
of about eleven miles, and an average breadth 
of three quarters of a mile. They are mostly 
supplied by perennial springs, though receiving 
the outlets of several other sheets of water. 
The extent of country drained, is comparatively 



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small, — not over 7,000 acres, and the quantit}' 
of power therefore is to be attributed to the 
springs alluded to, and to the great and rapid 
fall of the river, which in less than half a mile 
is more than 132 feet. The flow of the river is 
one hundred and twenty-one and a half cubic 
feet per second, or 9,841,500,000 Imperial gal- 
lons in a year of three hundred days of ten hours 
^ dch. The remarkable advantages of this river 
as a mill stream have been increased by build- 
ing a dam at the outlet of the ponds, which gives 
the water an additional fall of two feet ; and its 
i(,)wer banks are entirely built up with large man- 
ufacturing establishments, which so rapidly suc- 
ceed each other, as scarcely to leave space be- 
tween some of the buildings, sufficient for light 
and air. The river for almost its entire length 
runs upon a granite bed, and for much of the 
distance is confined between high banks, also 
of granite. Differing therefore from most other 
water-powers, this one allows the entire space 
between the banks to be occupied, and most of 
t'.'iQ water wheels connected with the older fac- 
tories are placed directly in the bed of the riv- 
er. Moreover while the river affords an almost 
uniform and constant supply of water, it is nev- 
er subject to excess, and an injury in conse- 



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iuence of a freshet has never yet been known. 
; he river is perfectly controllable, and thus it 
s that the mills were built directly across the 
iver, the wheels placed in the bed of the river, 
nd yet from an excess of water, no damage was 
to be apprehended. In later years, however, 
most of the breast wheels employed in these 
)lder mills, have been supplanted by the mod- 
ern appliances of turbine wheels and steam 
power. 

With the increase of wealth and skill in man- 
ufacture, and the entrance upon the stage of ac- 
tion of younger men of enterprise and ambition, 
cw projects were formed, and as the older mills 
1 cupied all available space upon the river 
l)anks, new situations w^ere sought out and ajv 
])ropriated, and the "New Mills" so called, 
were first erected on the margin of the ppnds 
to the south and east of the city, and of which 
the stream is the outlet, and afterwards in the 
northerl}'- and southerly sections of the cit}-, on 
the banks of Taunton river and Laurel lake. 
The growth of the city in this respect has been 
almost marvelous, no less than eleven large 
mills of from 30,000 to 40,000 spindles each, be- 
ing erected in one year {1872), involving an out- 
lay of capital to the extent of $10,000,000, em- 



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ploying 5,000 hands and adding an immediate 
population of some 15,000 persons. Villages 
rapidly spring up and cluster around each mill, 
\vhile much of the intermediate space is divid- 
ed into house lots, and appropriated for dwell- 
ings and stores. The sudden occupation of 
outlying sections, and the necessary throwing 
out of streets and lanes, has been unexception- 
ally rapid, especially, for a place of seventy 
years' settlement. In fact so rapid is the change 
in appearance, that what were once familiar 
scenes remain so no longer, varying from day 
to day as though viewed through a kaleidoscope. 

The number of incorporated companies for 
llie manufacture of cotton goods is now thirty- 
three, owning forty mills, or forty-three, count- 
ing those having two mills under one roof, with 
an incorporated capital of $14,745,000, but a 
probable investment of $30,000,000, containing 
1,258,508 spindles, and 29,865 looms. 

The latest statistics, report the total number 
of mills in the United States as 847, containing 
186,975 looms and 9,415,383 spindles, manufac- 
turing 588,000,000 yards of print cl6ths per an- 
num. Of these, New England has 489 mills, 
containing 148,189100ms and 7,538,369 spindles, 
manufacturing 481,000,000 yards of print cloths. 



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Fall River has thus over I -8th of all the spindles 
in the country, or i-6th of those in New England 
and manufactures over a half of all the print 
cloths. 

The following table will show the number of 
spindles in the mills of Fall River at the close 
of each year respectively. 

1865, 265,328. 1S70, 544,606. 

1866, 403,624. 187 1, 780,138. 

1867, 470,360. 1872, 1,094,702. 
186S, 537,416. 1873, 1,212,694. 
1869, 540,614. 1874, 1,258,508. 

There were in the village of Fall River, some 
thirty dwellings and two hundred inhabitants, 
when the cotton business was first started, sixty 
years ago. The first cotton factory was built in 
1813, commencing operations with 896 spindles. 
The "Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufactory" 
and the " Fall River Manufactory " were formed 
in that year. The growth of the village, how- 
ever, was extremely gradual, for the increase 
from 1810 to 1820 was only 298 souls in the 
whole town. Between 1820 and 1830 two more 
companies were formed, and in 1840, the cotton 
mills had increased to eight, with 32,084 spin- 
dles, the number now in one good sized mill. 
The population then was 6,738. In i860 the 
population was 13,240, with eleven cotton mills 



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and about 2,600 operatives, running 192,620 spin- 
dles, and having an incorporated capital of $2,- 
260,000. 

In 1870, the number of incorporated compa- 
nies was eighteen, having a capital of $6,290,- 
000, and 544,606 spindles. The population then 
numbered 27,191. 

But it was the two years IS71-2 that witnessed 
the most surprising developments in this direc- 
tion. For a city of its size, wealth and popula- 
'on, it would seem as though two or three new 
mpanies were sufficient to absorb its surplus 
ipital, energy, and ambition ; but company suc- 
. ceded company, until fifteen new corporations 
had been formed, the land purchased, laid out 
into mill sites and tenement lots, the foundations 
put in, and the massive walls reared story by 
story ; the machinery contracted for^ received 
and put in place ; and to-day the busy hum of 
more than a million spindles and the dull roar 
of our greater cities, rises on the quiet air from 
lUe North, the South, the East, and the West. 
By a wise provision of State law, under which 
ese various companies are incorporated, the 
lares (whatever be the Capital stock in total) 
; e made One Hundred Dollars each, thus giv- 
i g an opportunity to all, to rich and poor alike, 



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as well to the man of moderate means as to the 
man of wealth, and ease, and comfort, to become 
owners in these various enterprises ; and it not 
unfrequently happens that the operatives of a 
mill are joint owners with the larger capitalists, 
and sharers in the proceeds of their productive 
industry. The great question of Labor and Cap- 
ital thus receives a ready and practical solution, 
alike beneficial to employer and employed. The 
accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few 
at the expense and destitution of the many, is 
rendered impossible ; the evils of concentrated 
capital are avoided ; the channels of productive 
industry are kept open to the whole people ; and 
the producer of wealth is a sharer in its benefits, 
in proportion to his merits and his gains. Co- 
operative ownership has gone far towards creat- 
ing in the operative an interest favorable to tem- 
perance and personal enterprise ; has taught 
him to look well to the results of his own acts, 
before indulging in personal misconduct ; has 
fitted him for the maintenance and support of 
his own just privileges and benefits ; and has 
given to the world a great gain in general pro- 
gress and improvement. 

In full running time (averaging ten hours per 
day,) the mills now incorporated will employ 



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15,000 hands, using 135,000 Bales of Cotton 
yearly, in the manufacture of 330,000,000 yards 
of doth. The monthly Pay Rolls amount to 
over $500,000 which are paid as follows : — one 
fourth of the mills paying the first week, an- 
f ther fourth the second week, and so on consec- 

ively through the month. 

From statistical reports for the year 1872, (the 
era of " New Mills,") and a comparison of the 
relative wealth of the cities of the Common- 
wealth, it appears that Fall River ranked fourth 
in valuation of Personal, and sixth in Real Es- 
tate valuation ; that the aggregate gain in one 
year (1872) was $8,701,300, or 41 /^r ce^if. — with 
one exception the largest gain, either in amount 
or per centage, in the whole State. In the scale 
of tax rates, the city stood third on the list, but 
two having a lower rate, and in point of popula- 
tion advanced from the eighth to the fifth, with 
almost a certainty of being second in a few years. 
With such an exhibit, no one will question that 
her position is one of great credit to herself, and 
a few years more of uninterrupted prosperity, 
>. ill place her in the first rank of our manufac- 
turing cities. 

While the principal manufacturing business 
of Fall River consists in the production of Print 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. I 3 

Cloths, its indn-trial activity is also largely en- 
gaged in the ]:)rinting of Calicoes, in the manu- 
facture o'f Iron in the forms of hoops, rods, nails, 
castings, etc., and of Machinery. 

There are two Calico i)rint-works in the city, 
both belonging to the American Print "Works. 
This Company began operations in 1834, and its 
first printed goods were sent to market in Jan- 
uary, 1S35. Beginning with a few printing ma- 
chines, it has increased its business until it ranks 
among the largest in the country. Its products 
are of great variety and stand among the first 
class, from the most tasty percale^ to the indigo 
print, which still holds its place in domestic use. 
It requires no less than six large mills to supply 
its printing machirics with cloth; these now 
number zv at both establishments, 19 of which 
are commonly busy at work, turning out 30,000 
pieces of Calico Prints per week. About 1,000 
persons are employed by this Company, which 
in addition to its two print works, keeps the 
Mount Hope Mill of 9,000 spindles actively en- 
gaged in supplying it with the finest class of its 
jnint cloths. Its monthly Pay Roll amounts to 
about $35,000. 

The Bay State Print Works, the smaller of the 
tv^o print works, is situated at Globe Village, 



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upon a stream which issues from Laurel Lake 
and empties into Mt. Hope Bay, and which has 
been utilized for manufacturing purposes for 
more than 60 years. The American Print Works 
in which the larger part of its printing is done, 
is a handsome massive granite, structure upon 
AVater St., near the wharf of the Old Colony 
Steamship Co., and is three stories high, sur- 
mounted by a Mansard roof. It is 60 feet wide, 
and presents a front of 406 feet in length on 
Water St., broken only by a finely proportioned 
tower, some no feet in height, furnished with a 
large bell and a clock with glass dials, which 
adds to its completeness. The front is princi- 
pally built of beautiful ashlar work ; the first 
story has large arched windows, while a single 
hammered granite pillar, with cap and base, oc- 
cupies the space between each window. In the 
rear of the main building are four wings, varying 
in length from 100 to 150 feet each. The build- 
ing is one of the finest devoted to the printing 
l)usiness in the country, if not in the world, and 
attracts the attention of all strangers, as they 
enter the city by steamboat or railway. Its am- 
ple rooms are furnished with modern ajipliaiices 
of science and skill in each department, and the 
productions of this Company are to be found in 



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all sections of the country, from the Atlantic to 

the Pacific. 

Another of the great establishments of the 

city is the Fall River Iron Works, established 

iji [S21, operated wholly by steam, employing 

600 hands and working up 40 tons of pig and 

scrap iron per day. The works are carried on 

in three buildings, — a Rolling Mill, Nail Mill, 

and Foundry. 32,000 Tons of Iron are used 

annually in the production of nails, hoops, rods, 

castings, etc. There are 105 nail machines, the 

product of which is about 115,000 kegs of nails 

per annum. Its monthly pay roll averages 

;>30,ooo. 

In the various Machine shops of the citv, is 
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manufactured machinerv of every description, 

though mostly confined to cotton machinery. 

No better cotton machinery is fomid in the 

country than that made at Fall River. 

There are four Cotton Thread Manufactories 

producing about 6,000 Dozen Thread per day ; 

and a Woolen Mill having 8 sets of machinery, 

consuming 350,000 pounds of wool, and turning 

out 100,000 yards of fine fancy Cassimeres per 

annum. A large Bleaching establishment has 

been organized, the buildings erected, and when 

in full operation, its capacity will be from 5,000 



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to 6,000 pieces daily. The city has also its full 
share of smaller manufactories, such as are 
C'-'Uimon to places of its size and character. 

The harbor formed at the mouth of Taunton 
river is safe, commodious, easy of access, and 
■Jeep enough for ships of the largest class. The 
navigable interests of the city are by no means 
inconsiderable, and besides the vessels owned 
here and engaged in the coasting trade, many 
and some of them of a l:.rge class, are annually 
chartered to bring from foreign and domestic 
ports, lumber, coal, iron, and various other ar- 
ticles consumed by manufacturers and others of 
the city. 

The city has within its borders and in its im- 
laediate vicinity, an inexhaustible supply of fine 
liranite, equal in quality to any in the country. 
This granite is extensively wrought, giving em- 
ployment to and affording support for numerous 
persons. The fortitications at Newport, R. I., 
were constructed mainly with granite obtained 
from these quarries, and it has also been used 
largely for building purposes in the city itself. 
I ideed its Mill buildings are justly a matter of 
pride, for so many and such substantial struc- 
tures. (mostly built of stone), are rarely seen. 

Of fine Public buildings, there are compara- 



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lively few, but the Fall River Savings Bank 
Building, Durfee Block, Pocasset Bank and 
Troy Buildings with the older Granite Block, 
-Mt. Hope Block, and City Hall, recently trans- 
formed at large expense into a noble edifice of 
modern style, give a foretaste of what may be 
expected in this direction, when capital is a 
little more at leisure. 

The City possesses not a few beautiful drives 
some of which cannot be excelled, especially 
those in the outskirts of the city proper. High- 
land Avenue stretches off along the margin of 
the hills to the North, affording numberless fine 
views up the river, and down the bay, and over 
the country beyond. "Eight Rod Way," so 
called because its width is just eight rods, is a 
pleasant avenue on the South, stretching along 
the margin of the South Watuppa, (giving a fine 
view of the great granite factories along its bor- 
ders,) thence over the hill to Laurel Lake be- 
yond, a beautiful sheet of water, around whose 
northern shore may be seen another cluster of 
mills, huge, substantial structures, alike noble 
and grand in appearance. Broadway leading 
from the South, also affords excellent views of 
the city, the bay, the opposite shores, and of the 
river winding down from among the hills to the 



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North; while for cahii, quiet country views, 
close at hand or stretching off miles in the hazy 
distance, the equal of North Main Road, on a 
bright sunny day, cannot often be found. To 
these may be added the longer drives — Bell 
Rock Road, the Pond Road, Stone Bridge Road, 
and the Ferry Road (to Somerset,) each haying- 
its own peculiar attractions of quiet country life, 
of hill and dale, of meadow, brook, and wood- 
land, or the more stirring scenes of the seashore, 
with the white glistening sails of the shipping, 
the swiftly glidi^ng steamers, and the rush of the 
railway cars. '' 

Provision has been made for posterity, in the 
purchase and laying out in different parts of the 
city, of two Public Parks ; the larger one of 
sixty acres on the South, stretching from Main 
Street to the shores of the Bay, and giving am- 
ple room for walks, drives, playgrounds, &c. 
The surface is widely variegated, and when time 
shall have brought to perfection, what the art 
and taste of man has designed, it will prove one 
of the most delightful and attractive spots in the 
city. From many parts of it,the city, the river, 
and the romantic scenery beyond, are in full 
prospect. 

With the growth of the city, came the neces- 



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sity of taking some steps towards providing a 
■>upply of pure Water. In 187 1, after a thor- 
ough investigation of the supply and quality of 
the water available, and the facilities for obtain- 
ing and distributing it, the city by a large vote 
decided to introduce water from the North 
Watuppa Pond. Land was secured for a Rcs^^ 
ervoir and Water Works, and thus an enterprise 
which promises beneficial results of the utmost 
importance to the city, fully inaugurated. 

Reservoir Hill situated almost upon the mar- 
gin of the pond, is more than 250 feet above tide 
water, and is better adapted to the" purpose for 
which it is designed, than had been supposed to 
be attaihable in the city. The investigations 
made, have shown that the facilities for obtain- 
ing and distributing water, are equal to those of 
any, and superior to those possessed by most of 
the towns and cities which have Water Works 
in operation. The supply of water to be ob- 
tained is ample, and excels in purity, any with 
which it has been brought in comparison, con- 
taining but 1.80 grains of solid matter to the 
gallon, while 25 others, range from 2.14 to 11. 21, 
and average 5.89 grains to the gallon. The 
construction of the Water Works is in charge 
of a Commission, who are carrying forward the 



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enterprise as rapidly as possible. The work of 
bvinfj pi]")ep Avas commenced in May, 1872, and 
t the close of 1874, nearly 24 n\iles had been 
aid, and 227 Fire Hydrants connected. Water 
was first introduced into the mains in January, 
1874. 

Oak Grove Cemetery occupies an elevated 
spot in the north-easterly section of the city. 
It is well laid out with gravelled walks and road- 
ways, and planted and embellished with many 
varieties of trees, shrubbery and flowers. Nu- 
merous monuments of very fine workmanship 
are already erected, and if one is to judge the 
living, by the resting place of the dead, Fall 
River has little to fear ; nay, rather may feel a 
just and proper satisfaction in the consciousness 
that when loved ones are removed by death, she 
has provided so comely and appropriate a rest- 
ing place, in this sacred enclosure. 

The North Cemetery upon North Main Road 
was for many years the principal burial place of 
the city, and here were deposited all that was 
mortal of many who were once active and belov- 
ed citizens and neighbors. After the purchase 
and laying out of Oak Grove Cemetery, the re- 
mains of many of these were transferred to those 
grounds. Quite contiguous to the North Cem- 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. 21 

etery, is another cemetery owned and occupied 
by the Roman Catholics. 

In its secular and religious teachings, Fall 
River appears determined, notwithstanding all 
obstacles, to maintain, a good moral reputation 
in the community. The great evil with which 
all manufacturing cities and towns have to con- 
tend, at the present day, especially, is the indis- 
criminate sale and use of stimulants, and with 
this evil, the moral and sober minded people ol" 
Fall River have to contend." 

There are in the city, nineteen Churches, well 
arranged and commodious, supplied with weTT 
educated and talented preachers, and attended, 
all by fair-sized, and some of them by large con- 
gregations. Mission Schools shedding the kind- 
ly influence of Christianity here and there, have 
been established in various parts of the city, and 
under the care of devoted and self-sacrificing 
teachers, have continued from year to year with 
growing numbers and increasing usefulness. 

Educational interests have not been neglected, 
the annual appropriation by the city being uj)- 
wards of $90,000 for the support of the High 
School with English, Classical and Mixed Cour- 
ses, three Grammar Schools, and numerous 
Intermediate and Primarv schools. 



22 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 

The city is -provided with a Free Public Li- 
brary and a large Circulating Library, both oi 
which arc well supplied with the most recent 
])ublications, and are accessible to all. There 
are also numerous private and Society Libraries 
and local book-clubs, and it is a well authenti- 
cated fact, that Fall River has a much greater 
proportion of readers than is commonly found 
outside of the larger and wealthier cities. 

There are five Weol Iv and two Dailv papers, 
published by six different companies. 

I'hcre are scvcmi ]*>anks with an aggregate 
Capital of $2,250,000, and a surplus account of 
$1,190,148; and four Savings Banks, carefully 
and faithfully conducted, having ^9,528,000 De- 
posits belonging to 21,359 Depositors. Three 
large private Banking Houses aid materially in 
"" ' ilitating financial transactions. 

The city is lighted with Gas ; its streets are 
generally wide and many of them well shaded ; 
its private dwellings are neat and comfortable, 
--.ome of them even elegant. Good order is main- 
tained by an efficient and well-officered police 
force, and protection against fire is furnished in 
a thoroughly organized, paid Fire Department 
with steam and hand engines. Additional se- 
c-iiity will be afforded with the introduction of 



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Avater, by the Water Works now in course of 
construction. 

Fall River suffered early and severely by Fire. 
On Sunday, July 2d, 1843, the then village of 
Fall River was visited by one of the most de- 
structive fires which up to that time had ever oc- 
curred in this country, and it will ever be referred 
to by the inhabitants of the city, as a day most 
memorable in its annals. It furnishes a date 
rom which incidents are often reckoned, and 
' befor^ the fire" and " after the fire" are tern is 
well understood and in common use among the 
people. The scene at the time was truly heart - 
rending. The fire commenced at about three 
o'clock in the afternoon, when the people had 
just assembled in the several churches for after- 
noon worship ; at a time when there had been 
no rain for several weeks ; when the wind was 
blowing a gale ; and so rapidly did the flames 
spread, that for a time all human efforts to check 
its progress were completely baffled ; nor was it 
stopped, until the wind changed and had meas- 
urably subsided. The fire was very spon so ex- 
tended, that the means at hand for extinguish- 
ing it, could be brought to bear but on a very 
small portion of it. The fire was raging upon 
twenty or thirty, and perhaps forty buildings at 



24 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 

one and the same time ; raging with such fury 
and spreading with such velocity, that many of 
the'^ sufferers gladly escaped with their lives, 
"without a pillow for their heads, or a change 
of raiment for their backs." When at length 
the fire was subdued, it was found to have burned 
over an area extending from Borden St. on the 
-outh, to Franklin St. on the north, sweeping 
over twenty acres of the very heart of the vil- 
lage. 

All of the merchandise stores in the place 
were destroyed, except six or eight small grocer- 
ies on the outskirts of the village, together with 
95 Dwellings, occupied by 225 families, i Fac- 
tory, 3 Churches, 2 Hotels, 2 Banks, Custom 
House, Athenaium and Post Office, 3 Printing 
Ottices, Sic, and about 75 mechanic and other 
workshops. Some two hundred buildings were 
burned (not including small ones) involving a 
1' i>s of property amounting to more than half a 
million of dollars. 

But notwithstanding the great fire and the im- 
mense loss of property, by the energy of her 
citizens, the burnt district was soon rebuilt, and 
what at first seemed so terrible a catastrophe, 
served only to warm into new life the industrial 
activities and latent energies of her citizens. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. 2$ 

Fall River is 53 miles south of Boston, 183 
miles north east of New York, 17 miles south of 
Taunton, 18 miles south east of Providence, 14 
miles west of New Bedford, and 18 miles north 
of Newport. Daily lines of Steamers connect 
Fall River, Providence, Newport and New York, 
while two lines of Railways give ample passen- 
ger and freight communications inland. Four- 
teen passenger trains pass to and fro between 
Boston and Fall River daily, and of the three 
or four routes between Boston and New York, 
the " Old Fall River Line " has ever proved the 
most popular. That this route to New York 
for comfort, convenience, and beauty of scenery, 
far excels all other routes, there is no question. 
Passengers leaving Boston have a delightful 
view of Boston Harbor, pass through numerous 
villages and an ever changing landscape, and 
for several miles sweep along the banks of 
Taunton river to Fall River. From the decks 
of the magnificent floating palaces, unsurpassed 
in elegance and safety by any steamers afloat, 
may be seen one of the finest panoramic views 
in New England, — Fall River rising abruptly 
from the bay on the east ; the bare, bald summit 
of Mt. Hope on the west ; and the waters of 
Mt. Hope and Narragansett Bays stretching out 



26 HISTORICAL SKETCH, 

before them on the south. By this route, too, 
passengers after enjoying a good night's rest, 
arrive in New York or Boston in ample season 
for all business or travelling purposes. 

Fall River is often called the " Border City" 
because lying on the very borders of the State. 
Previous to 1862, a part of the city was in Mas- 
sachusetts and a part in Rhode Island, the divid- 
ing line of the two States running through the 
southern centre of the city. In that year, how- 
ever, the boundary line was removed two miles 
south, and Fall River, Mass., and Fall River, R. 
I., became one, thus bringing the whole city in- 
to one municipality. 

Fall River was formerly a part of Freetown 
and was incorporated as a separate town in 1803. 
Its name was soon after changed to Troy, but 
in 1834 its old appellation was restored. Its 
Indian name was " Quequeteant" signifying the 
place of falling water," and that of the river 
"Quequechan" which signifies "falling water" 
or "quick running water," hence its appropriate 
name of Fall River. " Watuppa " the Indian 
name of the ponds on the east and by which they 
are still called, signifies "boats" or "the place 
of boats." 

Fall River was incorporated a City in 1854. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 2/ 



Chronological Table of Important Events 

In the History of Fall River. 



1656. 

July 3. The territory east of Taunton River, 
(including Fall River) granted to certain 
Freemen by the General Court at Plymouth, 
and called the " Freemen's Pui'chase." 



1659. 
1675- 



167: 



April 2, Same territory acquired from the 
Indians by purchase. 

June. King Philip's "War begun by an at- 
tack on Swansea. July 8. Almy's Peasfield 
Fight, Tiverton. July 18. Pocasset Swamp 
Fight, Tiverton. Aug. 6. Weetamoe, squaw 
Sachem of Pocasset, di'owned near Slade's 
Ferry. Aug. 12. King Philip killed at Mt. 
Hope. Aug. 28. Annawan, King Philip's 
chief captain, captiired, and soon after exe- 
cuted at Plymouth. 

Close of Intlian Wars in Massachusetts. 



28 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1680. 

The territory east of Mount Hope Bay, in- 
cluding Tiverton, acquired by deeds from the 
General Court at Plymouth, and from the 
Indians. It was called the "Pocasset Pur- 
chase," and was settled by Col. Church and 
the ancestors of the present Bordens and 
Durfees. The town was called "Pocasset." 
This is the first settlement of Fall River 
territory. 

Thomas Durfee, of Portsmouth, R. I., sup- 
posed to be the ancestor of most of those who 
bear his name in this vicinity, bought one- 
sixtieth of the Pocasset Purchase for £34. 
This tract is probably the territorj^ now occu- 
pied in part by the South Park. 

1683. 

Freetown , including the present territory of 
Fall River, incorporated. 

T69I. 

Col. Church became proprietor of 26l^ shares 
(26y2-30ths) of a piece of land thirty rods 
wide, adjacent to the stream and including 
the Water Power on the south side of the 
river, west of Main Street, and on both sides 
east of Main Street, and extending to the 
Ponds. John Borden, of Portsmouth, R. I., 
probably bought the other 31/2 shares. This 
strip, a reservation from the Pocasset Pur- 
chase, contained 66 acres, and was valued at 
about £225. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 29 



1694. 



Focasset incorporated and called Tiverton, 
from a town in Devonshire, England. 

684 — 1700. 

Disagreement as to boundary line between 
Freetown and Tiverton. 



1700. 
1702. 



1703- 



740. 



Boundary line agreed upon, and all the AVater 
Power included in Tiverton. 

A small piece or strip of land, a reservation 
from the Freemen's Purchase, lying on the 
north side of the stream and west of Main 
Street, bought by John Borden, of Ports- 
mouth, R. I. In 1714, Col. Church sold out 
his 261/2 shares of the Pocasset Reservation 
for £1000 to the same .John Borden, owner of 
the othes 3V2 shares, who thus became pos- 
sessor of the whole of the Water Power and 
most of the land now forming the centre of 
the city, together with a strip east to the 
Watuppa Pond. This John Borden is sup- 
posed to be the ancestor of all who bear his 
name in this vicinity. 

Col. Church erected a saw mill, grist mill and 
Fulling Mill on the stream,-south side, near 
the south end of Granite Block. 

Dispute concerning the boundary line be- 
tween the colonies of Massachusetts and 



30 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1740. 

Rhode Island. A Royal C'ominissioii ap- 
pointed to determine the true boundary of 
each. 

1746. 

The award of the Commissioners confirmed 
by the King, though appealed from by both 
colonies. Ex-parte lines run by Rhode Is- 
land, but found incorrect, when revised by 
Massachusetts in 1791. 



1747- 

1776. 
1778. 



Tiverton transferred from Massachusetts to 
Rhode Island, and the centre of the village of 
Fall River, together with the Water Power, 
transferred from Tiverton to Freetown, and 
thus continued under tlie jurisdiction of 
Massachusetts, 



July 15. The inhabitants of Freetown decln 
ed for the Independence of the Colonies. 



May 25. 150 British Troops attacked the vil- 
lage of Fall River. Repulsed with the loss 
of two men, by a company (30) of local mili- 
tia, under Col. Joseph Durfee. 
1803. 

FaU River set olf from Freetown and iucor- 
porated,-18 Dwellings and 100 Inhabitants. 
The lirst Town House was established at 
Steep Brook, the then centre of business, in 



1803. 



i8o4. 



1811. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 3 I 



1805. In 1825, a new Tova'ii House was ciecttMl 
on hind now occupied by the North Ceme- 
tery. In 1830, this building was removed to 
Town Avenue, and occupied until the com- 
pletion of the new Town Hall and Market 
Building, erected after the " Great Fire," on 
Main Street. In 1845-G, the present City 
Hall liuilding, built of Fall River gi'anite, 
was erected in Market Square at an expense 
of $05,000, including lot, foundation, side 
walks, furniture, &c. In 1872-3, this build- 
ing was entirely remodelled (the original 
%\ alls only being left) and rebuilt with the 
a(Ulition of a Mansard roof, tower, clock, 
bell, &c., at a cost of $200,000. 

Name " Fall River" changed to " Troy," and 
continued so for 30 years. In 1834, changed 
back again to " Fall River." 

Jan. 21. Post Office established; (irst mail 
received February 12. 

A Cotton Mill, the first in this vicinity, 
erected at Globe A^illage by Col. Joseph Dur- 
fett and others. Tliis building is still stand- 
ing on the east side of So. Main St., near the 
junction of Broadway and Globe Sts. The 
tirst cotton mill with machinery on the Ark- 
wright principle, was erected in Pawtucket, 
R. I., by Samuel Slater, in 1790. In 1812, 



32 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 

l8ll. 

there were in Rhode Island, 33 cotton facto- 
ries containing 30,663 spindles. In Massa- 
chnsetts, there were 20 mills containing 17,371 
spindles. Previous to 1812, the mills only 
spnn the yarn, the weaving being done by 
hand looms in the neighboring farm-houses. 



1813. 
1821. 



;24. 



'25- 



825. 



First cotton mill (Troy) erected in Fall River. 

Tlie Fall River Iron Works Company formed. 
Incorporated in 1825. First established at 
the foot of the stream, west of the Annawau 
Mill. Removed to its present locality in 1840. 
Enlarged in 1841. Burned in May, 1843, and 
rebuilt the same year. 

Robeson's Print "Woi'ks started in north end 
of Satinet Factory. Removed to present site 
in 1827. In 1830, organized as the Fall River 
Print Works. Incorporated in 1848. In 1858- 
64 altered into a Cotton Mill. 

Tlie manufactui-e of Woolen Goods com- 
menced in the Satinet Factory, standing 
where the Pocasset Mill now stands. Suc- 
ceeded in 1849 by the Wamsutta Steam Wool- 
en Mill on " Mosquito Island," a promontory 
near the outlet of the Pond. 

The Fall River Bank established. 



t826. 



1827, 



[828. 
[829. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 



The first newspaper, the Fall River Moni- 
tor, (weekly) established. 

Horse-Boat put on at Slade's Ferry. 

Steamer Hancock commenced running regu- 
larly between Fall River and Providence. 
Other steamers, the Babcock, Experiment, 
Rushlight, and Wadsworth, had previously 
attempted to establish communication be- 
tween this and other places, but with only 
partial success. The Hancock was succeed- 
ed in 1832 by steamer King Philip. The King 
Philip was succeeded in 1845 by steamer 
Bradford Durfee. July 17, 1874. Steamer 
Richard Borden placed on the route. 

May 19. Marco Bozzaris, a steamer, ad- 
vertised to run between Dighton and New 
York, stopping at Fall River— " Passengers 
to be taken by stage from Dighton to 
Boston." 

First Savings Bank (Fall River) established. 



Daniel Page died, last male of Pocasset tribe 
of Indians ; active on the colonial side dur- 
ing the Revolutionary "War. 

:83i. 

Globe Print Works commenced running. 
Name changed to Bay State Print Works in 
1856. 



34 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1834. 

Name of the town Ti-oy, changed back to Fall 
River. 

American Print Works established. En- 
larged in 1867, but on Dec. 15, 1867, entirely 
destroyed by tire, with a loss of over $1,000,000 
In 1868-9, rebuilt and greatly enlarged. 

1835- 

The first Incorporated Library (A.thenanxm) 
opened, 

1838. 

First Tliread Mill (O. Chace's) built. 

1840. 

Main Street set with two rows of Elms. 

1843. 

July 2. The '* Great Fire," burning over 20 

acres of the very centre of the village. Over 
200 buildings burned. Loss upwards of 
.<(500,000. 
1844. 

Question of bouudaiy line between Massa- 
chusetts and Rhode Island again agitated. 
In 1852, the subject referred to the Courts. 
In 1862, the present boundary lines estab- 
lished by the United States Courts. 

1845. 

June-Fall River Railroad opened to Myricks. 

1846. 

Dec— Fall River Railroad opened to South 
Braintree, connecting there with the Old 
Colony Raih-oad. In 1854, Old Colony and 
Fall River Railroads united. 



i847. 



1850. 



1852. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TADLE. 35 



Steamboat Line to New York established by 
the Bay State Steamboat Company, with the 
steamers Bay State and Empire State. 
Fall River Gas Works built. 

Fall River High School estabhshed. 

American Linen Company incorporated and 
lirst mill built. This was the first enterprise 
of the kind in the country, and a success in 
its manufacturing department; but as cot- 
ton and thin woolen fabrics were soon after 
generally substituted for linen goods, in 1858 
the machinery was mostly changed to that 
for the manufacture of Print Cloths. 



854. 



i860. 
1861. 



April 12. Fall River incorporated a City. 
April 23. The Charter accepted by vote of 
the citizens. 



Free Public Library established by the City. 

April 12. Commencement of the Civil War in 
America. June 11. First troops from Fall 
River, (Cos. A and B, 7th Regt.) mustered 
into the U. S. Service. From 1801 to 1864, the 
close of the war. Fall River furnished 1,770 
men, viz., 1,273 Army, 497 Navy. 



36 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1863. 

Xov. 19. First passenger train toStone Bridj^e. 

1865. 

May 22. First passenger train on Fall River 

and Warren Railroad. 
1869. 

Dec. 25. Fire Alarm Telegi*aph established. 

1873. 

Aug. 1. Free Mail Deliveiy (8 carriers) es- 
tablished. 

Dec. 26. Dedication of new City Hall, after 
two years spent in remodeling and rebuilding. 

1874. 

Jan. 8. Water from Watnppa Pond first in- 
troduced into the City. The laying of Water 
■ Pipes begun in May, 1872. Engine House for 
supply commenced in June, 1872. 
Sept. 19. Granite Mill Fire, resulting in loss 
of 23 Killed and 33 Wounded. 
Oct. 8. Work begun on Piers for O. C. R. R. 
Bridge at Blade's Ferry. 



^¥S¥ig^idS^i< 



—AND— 



Eeference Tables. 



JANUARY, 1873. 



CONTENTS. 



Population Tables. — 1S10-1874. 
Valuation Tables. — 1857-1874. 
Statistics of Cotton Manufactories. — 

Capital, Spindles, Looms, &c. 
Statistics of Cotton Manufactories. — 

Location, Cotton Used, Production, &c. 
Pay-Days of the Corporations. 
Organization of Corporations. 
Banks, — Capital, Surplus, Disct. Day, &c. 
Savings Banks. — Deposits, Disct. Day, &c. 
Indian Names of Fall River and Vicinity. 



The following tables showing the population 
of Fall River at various times since 1810, with 
the valuation, rate of taxation, amount raised by- 
tax, &c., for the last 18 years, have been com- 
piled with great care, mainly from the files of 
the Fall River News, and are believed to be 
very correct. 



40 



STATISTICS. 



POPULATIOlT-1810-1874. 



POPULATION OF FALL RIVER AT VARIOUS TIJIES. 



1810 1,296 

1820 1,594 

1830 4,159 

1840 6,738 

1844 9,054 

1845 10,290 

1846 11,174 

1847 11,046 

1848 ...10,922 

1849 11,003 

1850 11,170 

1851 10,786 

1852 11,605 

1853 12,285 

1854 12,700 

1855 12,680 

1856 12,926 

1857 12,395 

*Tlie increase in population in 1862 was owing to 
the annexation of the Town of Fall River, R. I., 
which contained a population of about 3,590. 



1858 12.815 

1859 12.524 

1860 13.240 

1861 14,026 

1862* 17,461 

1863 15,495 

1864 17.114 

1865 17,525 

1866 19,262 

1867 ....21.174 

1868 23,023 

1869 25,099 

1870 27,191 

1871 28,291 

1872 34,835 

1873 38,464 

1874 43,289 



STATISTICS. 41 



VALUATION, ko., 1857-1874. 









Amt. Raised 


No. 


Vrar. 


Valuation. 


Tax. 


by Taxation. 


Polls. 


ls.-)7, 


$10,041,610 


$7.40 


i8<83,101 61 


3,241 


1858, 


9,92.3,495 


7.20 


77,929 35 


3,208 


18j9, 


10,700,250 


7.00 


79,583.25 


3,121 


1860, 


11,522,050 


7.40 


90,124.61 


3,238 


18C1, 


11,261,065 


8 60 


102,162.04 


3,544 


18(12, 


12,497,720 


11.00 


146,045.-30 


4,288 


18G;3, 


12,696,105 


1150 


1.54,218.76 


4,105 


18(i4, 


11,057,645 


18.00 


207,731.61 


4,.304 


1865, 


12,134.990 


16.50 


209,272.20 


4,461 


18GG, 


12,762,534 


17..50 


232,827.62 


4,740 


1867, 


15,220,628 


17.00 


269,020.95 


5,135 


1868, 


17,919,192 


14.00 


262,872.74 


6,002 


1869, 


21,398,525 


15.60 


346,310.99 


0,247 


1870, 


23,612,214 


15..30 


374,753 22 


6,743 


1871, 


29,141,117 


13.00 


392,974.15 


7,070 


1872, 


37,841,294 


12.00 


471,835.53 


8,870 


1873, 


47,416,246 


13.00 


636,451.61 


10,020 


1874, 


49,995,110 


12.80 


662,486.11 


11,119 


In 


1840, the numbei 


• of taxable polls was 1,003. 


The V 


aluatiou of real estate was i|!l, 078,603; ' 


of per- 


MMial 


estate, .51,310,805; 


total, -ii 


i2,989,468. 





42 



STATISTICS. 



STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUFACTORIES 

IN FALL RIVER. 





Corporation. 


Treasurer. 


1 


American Liaen Co., 


Walter Paine, 3d, 


2 


Annawaii Manufactory, 


Richard B. Borden, 


;{ 


Barnard Manufg. Co., 


Nathaniel B. Borden, 


4 


Border City Mills, 


Geo. T. Hathaway, 


5 


Chace JMills, 


Joseph A. Baker, 


6 


Crescent Mills, 


Richard B. Borden, 


7 


Davol Mills, 


Wm. C. Davol, Jr., 


8 


Durfee Mills, 


David A. Bray ton. 


9 


Fall River Manufactory, 


S. Angier Chace, 


10 


Fall River Print AVorks, 


Andrew Robeson, 


11 


Flint Mills, 


George H. Eddy, 


V2 


Granite Mills, 


Charles O. Shove, 


l.'i 


King Philip Mills, 


Elijah C. Kilburn, 


14 


Massasoit Steam 3Iills, 


Charles Durfee, Agt., 


15 


Mechanics' Mills, 


Thomas J. Borden, 


1() 


Merchants' Manufg. Co., 


Wm. H. Jennings, 


17 


Metacomet Mill, 


R. B. Borden, Agt., 


18 


Montaup Mills, 
Mount Hope Mill, 


Isaac Borden, 


19 


Jetf . Borden, Jr., Agt., 


20 


Xarragansett Mills, 


James AVaring, 


21 


Orfborn Mills, 


Joseph Healy, 


22 


Pocasset Manufg Co., 


Bradford D. Davol, 


2:i 


Richard Borden Mfg. Co., 


Thomas J. Borden, 


24 


Robeson Mills, 


Louis Robeson, 


2i) 


Sagamore Mills, 


Francis B. Hood, 


2(> 


Shove Mills, 


George A. Chace, 


27 


Sla<le Mills, 


James M. Osborn, 


28 


Stafford Mills, 


Shubael P. Lovell, 


29 


Tecumseh Mills, 


Simeon B. Chase. 


30 


Trov C. & W. Manuf'y, 


Thomas J. Borden, 


31 


Union Mill Co., 


S. Angier Chace, 


32 


Wampanoag Mills, 
Weetamoe Mills, 


Walter C. Durfee, 


33 


William Lindsey, 



STATISTICS. 



43 



STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUFACTORIES 

IN FALL RIVER. 





Capital. 


Spindl's 


Looms. 


Style of Goodd. 


1 


$400,000 


82,512 


1,956 


Print Cloths. 


2 


l{iO,000 


10,016 


192 


" " 


.'5 


400,000 


28,400 


768 


« <( 


4 


1 ,000,000 


72.144 


1,760 


" " 


r, 


500,000 


43,480 


1,056 


it (C 


f, 


50(1,000 


33,280 


624 


Yd. wide line goods 


7 


270,000 


30,496 


730 


Sheet'gs & Silesius. 


S 


500,000 


87,424 


2.064 


Print Cloths. 


;» 


150,000 


25,992 


600 


a a 


]() 


200,000 


13,600 


306 


" " 


11 


000,000 


43,000 


1,008 


" " 


VI 


400,000 


74,000 


1,872 


" <£ 


i;{ 


500,000 


36,480 


752 


Yd. wide fine goods 


14 


200,000 


15,576 


356 


Print Cloths. 


15 


750,000 


53,712 


1,248 


i( a 


It; 


800,000 


84,324 


1,942 


a u 


17 


."lOO.OOO 


23,840 


591 


(( <( 


1 s 


I'.vi.ooo 


6,960 


108 


Bags. 


1'.) 


liOO.OOO 


9,024 


216 


Shirtings. 
Print Cloths. 


■-!(• 


400,000 


27,920 


700 


■J I 


500,000 


34,928 


848 


" Sheet- ( 
ings and Shirtings ) 


22 


800,000 


34,248 


814 


2.3 


800,000 


42,528 


1,032 


Print Cloths. 


24 


260,000 


14,400 


344 


<( ii 


25 


500,000 


37,264 


864 


a a 


2(> 


550,000 


33,720 


912 


(( <( 


27 


550,000 


37,040 


860 


a a 


28 


550,000 


34,928 


860 


U (( 


29 


360,000 


40,960 


996 


" " 


oO 


300,000 


38,928 


932 


a it 


31 


155,000 


44,784 


1,050 


ft ft 


32 


400,000 


27,920 


704 


it (I 


33 


550,000 


34,080 


800 


it it 



$14,745,000 1,258,508 29,865 



44 



STATISTICS. 



STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUFACTORIES 

IN FALL RIVER. 





Corporation. 


Location. 


1 


American Linen Co., 


Ferry Street, 


2 


Anuawan Manufactory, 


Aunawan Street, 


3 


Barnard Mfg. Co., 


Quequechan Street, 


4 


Border City Mills, 


North 3Iain Road, 


5 


Chace .Mills, 


Rodman Street, 


(> 


(Vt'scent Mills, 


Eight Rod Wav, 


7 


Dav..l Mills. 


Hart well Street, 


8 


Durfcf .Alills, 


rii^asant Street, 


9 


Fall River Manufactory, 


Pocasset Street, 


10 


Fall River Print Works, 


Pocasset Street, 


11 


Flint Mills, 


Alden Street, 


12 


Oranite :Mills. 


Twelfth Street, 


13 


Kin- riiili]> Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


14 


Massasuit Steam Mills, 


Davol Street. 


15 


Mechanics' Mills, 


Mechanicsville, 


16 


Merchants' Mfg. Co., 


Fourtet-ntli Street, 


17 


Metacomet Mill, 


Annawan Street, 


18 


Montaup Mills. 


Laurel Lake, 


19 


Mount Hope Mill, 


Bay Street, 


20 


Narragansett Mills, 


North Main Road, 


21 


Osborn Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


22 


Pocasset Mfg. Co., 


Pocasset Street, 


23 


Richard Borden Mfg. Co. 


Rocbnan Street, 


24 


Robeson Mills, 


Hartwell Street, 


25 


Sagamore Mills, 


North Main Road, 


26 


Shove Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


27 


Blade Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


28 


Staftord Mills, 


Quarry Street, 


29 


Tecumseh Mills, 


Hartwell Street, 


30 


Troy C. & W. Manuf'y, 


Trov Street, 


31 


Union Mill Co., 


Pleasant Street, 


32 


Wampanoag ^Vlills, 


Quequechan Street, 


33 


Weetamoe Mills, 


Mechanicsville, 



STATISTICS. 



45 



STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUrACTORIES 

IN FALL RIVER. 





In. 


Bis. tot- 


Yds. or Cloth 


>'o. 


H'nthlv 




cor- 


tou used 


manufactured 


Hands 


Pay' 
Boll. 




p'd. 

1852 


perann. 

8,500 


per annum. 


Empl'd. 


1 


21,000,000 


1.100 


$!27,000 




1825 


1.000 


2,150,000 


140 


3,500 


a 


1874 


3,500 


9,000,000 


390 


13,000 


4 


1872 


8,000 


20,000,000 


900 


25,000 


5 


1871 


4,500 


12>000,000 


450 


15,000 


(5 


1871 


3,000 


5,000,000 


850 


13,000 


7 


1867 


3,500 


5,000,000 


425 


12,500 


8 


1866 


10,000 


23,000,000 


950 


33,000 


VI 


1813 


3,000 


7,250,000 


330 


9,000 


10 


1848 


1.500 


3,750,000 


175 


5,500 


n 


1872 


4,500 


12,000,000 


500 


14,000 


12 


1863 


9,000 


22,500,000 


000 


25,000 


13 


1871 


3,000 


5,500,000 


390 


13,000 


14 


1843 


1,500 


3,750,000 


175 


5,500 


15 


1868 


6,000 


15,000,000 


600 


20,000 


IG 


1867 


9,000 


23,000,000 


925 


80,000 


17 


1847 


2,200 


6,250;000 


825 


9,000 


18 


1871 


3,250 


3,000.000 


250 


6,000 


li) 


1867 


675 


1,225,000 


160 


4,000 


20 


1871 


3,250 


8,250.000 


350 


10,500 


21 


1871 


4,000 


10,000.000 


375 


13,000 


22 


1822 


3,000 


7,OOOi00O 


475 


15,000 


23 


1871 


5,000 


12,000,000 


450 


16,000 


24 


1867 


1,500 


3,750,000 


175 


5,500 


25 


1872 


4,000 


10,000,000 


400 


13,500 


26 


1872 


4,250 


10,500,000 


475 


14,500 


27 


1871 


4,000 


10,000,000 


375 


12,000 


28 


1871 


4,000 


10,000,000 


375 


12,000 


29 


1866 


4,250 


11,000.000 


450 


15,000 


30 


1814 


4,000 


10,250,000 


425 


14,500 


31 


1859 


5,000 


12,000,000 


490 


16.000 


32 


1871 


3.250 


8,250,000 


325 


10,000 


33 


1871 


3,600 


9,750,000 


425 


10,500 



138,725 



333,125,000 15,000 461,000 



46 



PAY-DAYS. 



PAY-DAY OF THE SEVERAL CORPORATIONS 

IN FALL RIVER. 



American Linen Co., 


Third Thur 


sdav, 


American Print Works, 


Second Wednesday, 


Annawau Man nf actory , 


Second 




Barnard Manufactnring Co., 


Second 




Border City Mills, 


Fourth 




Chace Mills, 


Fourth 




Crescent Mills, 


Second 




Davol Mills, 


First 




Durfee Mills, 


Everv 




Fall River Bleachery, 


Fourth 




Fall River Iron Works Co., 


Second 




Fall River Manufactory, 


First 




Fall River Print Works, 


Second 




Flint Mills, 


Second 




Granite Mills, 


First 




I\jng Philip Mills, 
Massasoit Steam Mills, 


Fourth 




Second 




Mechanics' Mills, 


Third 




Merchants' Mauufg. Co., 


Second 




Metacomet Mill, 


Second 




Montaup Mills, 


Second 




Mount Hope Mills, 


Second 




Xarragansett Mills, 


First 




Osborn Mills, 


First 




Pocasset Manufg. Co., 


Second 




Richard Borden Manufg. Co., 


Third 




Robeson Mills, 


Second 




Sagamore Mills, 


Second 




Shove Mills, 


Second 




Slade Mills, 


Third 




Stafl:oi:d Mills, 


Third 




Tecumseh Mills, 


First 




Troy C. & W. Manufactory, 


Second 




Union Mill Co., 


First 




Wamsutta St'm Woolen Mill, 


Third 




Wampanoag Mills, 


Second 




Weetamoe Mills, 


Second 





ORaANIZJ^ TIOJS^ 



OF 



dof{f^of{S¥ioKB, 



WITH 



Date of Annual Meeting. 



MARCH, 1873. 



I 



CORPORATIONS. 49 



OEGANISATION OF CORPOHATIONS. 

American Linen Co. 

President : Jefferson Boiden. 

Clerk and Treasurer : AValter Paiiie, Sd. 

Directors : Jefferson Boiden, Philip D. Borden, 
Richard B. Boiden, George B. Dnrfee, AValter 
Paine, 3d. 

Annual Meeting — 2d AVednesday in February. 

American Print Works. 

President: Thomas J. Boiden. 

t'lerk'. Jefferson Borden. 

Agent and Treasurer: Jefferson Borden. 

Directors: Thomas J. Borden, Jefferson Borden. 
Kathan Durfee, George B. Durfee, John S. Bray- 
ton . 

Annual Meeting — 1st Tnesday in August. 

Annawan Manufactory. 

President: Kathan Durfee. 
Clerk and Treasurer: Kichard B. Borden. 
Directors: Nathan Durl'ee, Jefferson Borden, 
Wni. B. Dnrfee, AVm. Valentine, R. B. Borden. 
Annual Meeting — 1st Tuesday in August. 

Barnard 3Iannfacturing- Co. 

P'-esident: Louis L. Barnard. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Nath'l B. Borden. 

Directors: L. L. Barnard, Stephen Davol, Wm. 
H. Jennings, A. D. Easton, Arnold B. Chace, 
Roljert T. Davis, Simeon Borden, James M. Al- 
ddch, N. B. Borden, Alphonso S. Covel, John 
Campbell, Jos. A. Bowen, Wm. H. Gift'ord. 

Annual Meeting — 3d Thursday in January. 



50 CORPORATIONS. 



Border City Mills. 

Fresldent: S. Aiigiev Chace. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Geo. T. Hathaway. 

Directors: S. A. Chace, Nathan Durfee, Stephen 
Davol, Chas. P. Stickney, Elijah C. Kilhuin, Ches- 
ter W. Greene, A. D. Eastou, Geo. T. Hathaway, 
.)as. A. Hathaway, Wm. E. Dunham, Horatio N. 
Durfee. 

Annual Meeting — 4th Wednesday in April. 

Chace Mills. 

President: Augustus Chace. 

Clerk and Treasurer: -Joseph A. Baker. 

Directors: Augustus Chace, Cook Borden, Jas. 
Henry, Geo. W.'Grinnell, Robert K. Remington, 
Edward E. Hathaway, Wm. Mason, Chas. P. 
Stickney, Joseph A. Baker. 

Annual Meeting — 1st Wednesday in February. 

Crescent Mills. 

President: Benjamin Covel. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Richard B. Borden. 

Directors: Benjamin Covel, Daniel A Chapin, 
Wm. B. Durfee, Alphonso S. Covel, Griffitts 31. 
Haffards, Joseph Brady, David F. Brown, John 
F. Nichols, Lafayette Nichols. 

Annual Meeting — -Jd AVednesday in February. 

Davol Mills. 

President: Wilham C. Davol. 

Clerk and Treasurer: William C. Davol, Jr. 

Directors: Wm. C. Davol, Chas. P. Stickney, 
Foster H. Stafford, Frank S. Stevens, Jonathan 
Slade, Josiah Brown^ John P. Slade, Wm. W. 
Stewart, Edward E. Hathaway. 

Annual Meeting— in February. 



CORPORATIONS. 5 I 



Dviifee Mills. 

F resident: John S. Bniyton. 
Clerk: Hezekiali A. Brayton. 
treasurer: David A. Brayton. 
Directors: John S. Brayton, David A. Brayton, 
Israel P. Brayton. 
Annual Meetins; — 2d Wednesdav in October. 



Fall Kiver Bleacliery. 

President: Jefferson Borden. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Spencer Borden. 

Directors: Jefferson Borden, Spencer Borden, 
Richard B. Borden, Philip D. Borden, Bradford 
D. Da vol, Cha^. P. Stickney, Thomas Bennett, Jr., 
(ieorge B. Dnrl'ee, Crawford E. Lindsey. 

Annual Meeting — last Monday in May. 

Fall Kiver Iron Works Co. 

President: Jefferson Borden. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Robert C. Brown. 

Directors: Jefferson Borden, Nathan Durfee, 
.Tohn S. Brayton, Wra. B. Durfee, Richard B. 
Borden. 

Annual Meeting — 1st Tuesday in August. 

Fall River Manufactory. 

President: Nathan Durfee. 

Clerk: John S. Brayton. 

Treasurer: S. Angier Chace. 

Directors: Nathan Durfee, John S. Brayton, 
S. Angier Chace, George B. Durfee, James M^ An- 
thony. 

Aiinual Meeting— id Tuesday in March. 



52 CORPORATIONS. 



Fall River Mei'ino Co. 

President: Frank S. Stevens. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Seth H. Wetlierbee, 

Directors: Frank S. Stevens, Foster H. StaL- 
ford, Robert T. Davis, Wm. Mason, Samnel M. 
Luther, Danforth Horton, A. A. Moore, Samuel 
Wadington, James F. Westgate, Samuel W. Flint, 
S. H. Wetherbee. 

Annual Meeting — 4tli Thursday in January. 

Fall River Print AVorks. 

President: Linden Cook. 
Clerk and Treasurer: Andrew Robeson. 
Directors: Linden Cook, Charles P. Stickney, 
Andrew Robeson. 
Amiual Meeting — 4th Wednesday in January. 

Fall Kiver Steamboat Co. 

President: Charles P. Stickney. 

Clerk: Thomas J. Borden. 

Treasurer: Charles P. Stickne3^ 

Directors: Charles P. Stickney, Stephen Davol, 
Philip D. Borden, S. Angier Chace, Daniel Brown, 
Augustus Chace, Charles 0. Shove, Thomas J. Bor- 
den, Walter Paine, od, Robert K. Remington, 
George B. Durfee. 

Annual Meeting— 1st Tuesday in February. 

Flint Mills. 

President: John D. Flint. 

Clerk and 'Treasurer: George H. Eddy. 

Directors: John D, Flint, Stephen Davol, Wm. 
H. Jennings, Simeon Borden, W^m. Carroll, Frank 
L. Almy, Wm. T. Hall, Gardner T. Dean, George 
H. Eddy, Clark Shove, Junius P. Prentiss. 

Amiual Meeting,— 1st Monday in February. 



CORPORATIONS. 53 



Granite Mills. 

President'. AA'illiam Mason. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Charles O. Shove. 

Directors: Win. Mason, Charles 0. Shove, Ed- 
niiuid Cliase, Chas. P. Stiekney, John S. Brayton, 
Irani Smith, John P. Slade. 

Annual Meeting — 4th ilonday in January. 

King Philip Mills. 

President: Crawford E. Lindsey. 

Clerk: Azariah S. Tripp. 

Treasurer: Elijah C. Kilbnrn. 

Directors: C. E. Lindsey, Jonathan Chaee, Jas. 
Henry, S. Angler Chace, Chas. O. Shove, PhiHp 
I). Borden, E. C. Kilburn. A. S. Tripp, Benj. A. 
Cliace, Simeon Borden, Chas. H. Dean. 

Annual Meeting— last Thursday in Jannary. 



Manufacturers' Gas Co. 



Preside)it: 



Clerk and. Treasurer: Chas. P. Stiekney. 

Directors: S. Angler Chace, Chas. O. Shove, 
Augustus Chace, Chas. P. Sticknev, David A. 
Brayton, Wm. C. Davol, Jr., Foster 'H. Stafford, 
Thomas F. Eddy, Joseph A. Baker. 

Annual Meeting — 3d Monday hi June. 

Massasoit Steam Mills. 

President: Nathan Durfee. 
Clerk: Charles Durfee. 
Treasurer: Holder B. Durfee. 
Directors: Nathan Durfee, S. Angler Chace, 
Holder B. Durfee. 
Annual Meeting — 3d Monday in May. 



54 CORPORATIONS. 



Mechanics Mills. 

Fresklent: Stephen Davol. 

(Jlerk James jNI. Moiton Jr. 

Treasurer: Thomas J. Boiden. 

Directors: Stephen Davol, Job B. French, Tho;*. 
J. Borden, Geo. B. Durfee, A. D. Easton, Tillmg- 
hast Records, Southard H. Miller, James M. ]Mor- 
ton Jr., John B. Hathawa5\ 

Annual Meeting — 1st Thursday in February. 

Merchants Manufacturing Co. 

President: James Henry. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Wm. H. Jennings. 

Directors: James Henry, Wm. H. Jennings, 
Augustus Chace, Robert S. Gibbs, Chas. H. Dean, 
Ciawfoid E. Lindsey, Jas. M. Osborn, Richard B. 
Borden, Robert T. Davis. 

Annual Meeting — 4th Wednesday hi January 

Metacomet Mill. 

Agent: Richard B. Borden. 

Owned by the Fall River Iron Works Co. 

Montaup Mills. 

President: Josiah Brown. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Isaac Borden. 

Directors: Josiah Brown, Isaac Borden, Thos. 
J. Borden, Wm. L. Slade, Holder B. Durfee, Wm. 
Valentme, Geo. B. Durfee, Geo. H. Hawes, Brad- 
ford D. Davol, Weaver Osborn, A. D. Easton. 

Annual Meeting — 2d Monday in February. 



Mt. Hope Mill. 

Agent: Jefferson Borden, Jr. 
Owned by American Print W orks 



CORPORATIONS 55 



Narragansett Mills. 

I'refildent: A. Dorrance Easton, 

Clerk and Treasurer: James Waring. 

Directors: A. D. Easton, James Waring', Foster 
H. Stafford, Daniel McCowan, Holder Bri)iul>p. 
David T. NN'ilcox, Samuel Watson, James P. Mil- 
lard, Robert Hemy, Samuel Wadington, Wm. 
IJeattie. 

Amiual INIeeting — last Wednesday in January. 

Osborn Mills. 

Preside)it: Weaver Osborn. 

('lerk and Treasurer: Joseph Healy. 

Directors: Weaver Osborn, Frank S. Stevens, 
Charles P. Sticlmey, James T. Milne, Joseph Os- 
bnin, John C. Milne, Joseph Healy, Edward E. 
Ihithaway, Geo. T. Hathawaj', Benj. Hall, D, 
JlartwellDyer. 

Annual Meeting— last Tuesday in April. 

Pocasset Maniifactiiring Co. 

President: Samuel Rodman. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Bradford D. Davol. 

Agent: Stephen Davol. 

Directors: Stockliolders, who meet Quarterly, 

Annual Meeting — last Monday in January. 

Richard Borden Mamifactviring Co. 

President: Richard B.Borden. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Thos. J. Borden. 

Directors: Richard B. Borden, Thos. J. Borden, 
Philip D. Borden, Alphonso S. Covel, Edward P. 
Burden. 

Annual Meetmg— 2d Tuesday in February. 



56 



CORPORATIONS. 



Kobeson Mills. 



President: Charles P. Stickney. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Louis Robeson. 

Directors: Charles P. Stickney, Wm. R. Robe- 
son, Linden Cook, Wm. C. Davol, Jr., Josiah 
Brown, Frank S. Stevens, Samuel M. Luther. 

Annual Meeting — 1st Monday in February. 

Sagamore Mills. 

President : Louis L. Baniard. 

Clej'k and Treasurer: Francis B. Hood. 

Directors: L. L. Barnard, Francis B. Hood, Jas. 
W. Hartley, John Campbell, Charles McCreery, 
Jas. T. Milne, Josiah C. Blaisdell, Joseph Borden, 
Joseph McCreery, John Bayley, Job T. Wilson. 

Annual Meeting — 4th Monday in January. 

Shove Mills. 

President: Charles O. Shove. 

Clerk: John P. Slade. 

Treasurer: George A. Chace. 

Directors: Chas.O. Shove, Geo. A. Chace, Wm. 
Mason of Taunton, Edmund Chase, Frank S. Stev- 
ens, John P. Slade, Lloyd S. Earle, Josiah C. Blais- 
dell, Joseph McCreery, Isaac W. Howland, Wm. 
Connell. 

Annual INIeeting — in February. 

Slade Mills. 

President: William L. Slade. 

Clerk: James T. Milne. 

Treasurer: James M. Osborn. 

Directors: Wm. L. Slade, S. Angier Chace, Je- 
rome D welly, Jas. T. Milne, Wm. Valentine, Frank 
S. Stevens, Richard B. Borden, Ben j. Hall, Jas. 
M. Osborn, Jonathan Slade, John C. Milne. 

Annual Meeting — last Tuesday in January. 



CORPORATIONS. 57 



Stafford Mills. 

President: Fos?ter H. Stafloid, 

Clerk and Treasurer: Shubael P. Lovell. 

Agent: Foster H. Stafford. 

Directors: Y. H. Stafford, Wm.C.Davol, Clias. 
P. Stickney, Rob^t T. Davis, Edmund Chase, 
1 )anforth Hortoii, Wm. L. Slade, Weaver Osbonr, 
Will. Mason. 

Annual Meeting — itli Tuesdaj' in Jaiuiary. 

Tecumseli Mill.*. 

Fresldent: Augustus Cliace. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Simeon B. Chase. 

Directors: Augustus Chace, Cook Borden, Jona. 
T. Lincoln, Jas. W. Hartley, Isaac B. Chace, An- 
drew ]M. Jennings, Samuel Wadington, Charles 
P. Stickney. 

Annual Meeting— 4th Tuesdav in January, 



Troy Cotton & Woolen Manufactory. 

President: Jefferson Borden. 

Clerk and Treasurer: Thomas J. Borden. 

Directors: Jefl'erson Boiden, Stephen Davol, 
Thos. J. Borden, John S. Brayton, Eichard B. 
Borden. 

Annual Meeting — 1st Tuesdaj'' in February. 

Union Mill Co. 

President: John B. Anthony. 

Clerk and Treasurer: S. Angier Chace. 

Directors: John B. Anthony, S. Angier Chace, 
Wm. Alason, Elijah C. Kilburn, Chas. P.'Dring, 
Foster H. Staftoid, Nathan Duiiee. 

Annual Meeting — od Moiidav in Januarv. 



58 



CORPORATIONS. 



■\Vaiiipanoag Mills. 

President: Robert T. DaviB, 

Clerk and Treasurer: Walter C. Durfee. 

Directors: Robert T. Davis, W. C. Durfee, 
John D. Flint, Stephen Davol, Foster H. Stafford, 
"VVni. II. Jennings, Geo. H. Eddy, Lloyd S. Earle, 
Simeon Borden, Alpbonso S. Covel, John H. 
Boone. 

Annual Meeting — ith Monday in January. 

Weetanioe Mills. 

Presidejit: Louis L. Barnard. 

Clerk: John E. Blaisdell. 

Treasurer: William Lindsey. 

Directors: Loniii L. Barnard, Job B. French, 
Elijah C. Kilburn, Josiah C, Blaisdell, Francis B. 
Hood, Henry C. Lincoln, Wm. Lindsey, John P. 
Slade, W^m.'H. Ashley. 

Annual Meeting — ith Wednesday in January, 



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60 INDIAN NAMES. 



Indian Names of Fall River and Vicinity. 

ANNAWAN-ICOO ( ?)- ICrO. "An officer." A Wampanoag, one of 
King Philip's most famous Captains. 

CAXONICUS-15.-.7 (?)-\m. Chief of the Narragansetts ; a 
friend of Roger Williams. 

CORBIT ANT-1.590 ( ?)— Ita4. Sachem of Pocasset Tribe ; chief 
residence at Gardner'.s Neck, Swansea. 

KING PHILIP— 1G28 (?)-167(5. English name of Metacomet, 
youngest son of Massasoit, and his successor in 1U(J2, as Chief 
of the Wampanoags. 

MASSASOIT— I.-iSl— 16(51. Sachem of the Wampanoags, and 
Chief ot the Indian Confederacy formed of tribes in Eastern 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. A staunch friend of tlie 
English. 

METACOMET— Indian name of King Philip, second son of 
Massasoit. 

:M0NTAUP— " The Head." Indian name of Mount Hope. 

NARRAGANSETT—" At the Point." Indian tribe on west 
side of Narragansett Bay. 

NIANTIC— "At the River Point." Sub-tribe of the Narragan- 
setts. 

POCASSET—" At the opening of the Strait," i. e. Bristol Ferry 
into Mt. Hope Bay.— Indian name of territory, now includ- 
ing Fall River and Tiverton. 

QUEQUETEANT— " The place of falling water." Indian 
name of Fall River. 

QUEQUECHAN— " It leaps or bounds." Indian name of the 
stream— Fall River— signifying falling water or quick run- 
ning water. 

SAGxVMORE-" A leader." Title of Indian Chief. 

TECUMSEH— 1-70-181.".. Chief of the Shawnees; distin- 
guished for his eloquence, bravery and manly virtues. 
Prominent on the Western frontier in the war of 1812. 

WAMPANOAG— "East landers," i. e. east of NarragansettBay 
Indian tribe dwelling north and east of Narragansett Bay, 
west of Mt. Hope Bay. 

WAMSUTTA— 1625 (?)-1662. English name, Alexander. Eld- 
est son and successor of Massasoit in 1661. 

WATUPPA— "Boats or the place of boats." Name of the Ponds 
east of the city. 

WEETAMOE — 1620 (?) — 1676. "Wise, shrewd, cunning." 
Daughter and successor of Corbitant as Sachem of the Po- 
casset Tribe; residence at Fall River; drowned while cross- 
ing Slade's Ferry. 



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